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3rd Sustainable Bioenergy and Processes Conference

Theme: Driving a sustainable transition

The organising committee of the 3rd Sustainable Bioenergy and Processes conference, SBP2025 invites you to partake in the Sustainable Bioenergy and Processes conference scheduled to take place in Cape Town, South Africa, from the 8th – 11th December 2025. Driving a sustainable energy transition is a collective effort that requires the participation of various stakeholders. The conference seeks to bring together leaders, innovators, academia, and policymakers while focusing on the sustainable energy transition. Join us in the World’s best city as we deliberate on sustainability.

Tracks

Track 1: Feedstock and biomass resources
  • Agricultural Residues and Crop-Based Feedstocks
  • Forestry Residues and Wood-Based Biomass
  • Algal Biomass and Aquatic Feedstocks
  • Municipal Solid Waste and Organic Fractions
Track 2: Bioenergy Technologies
  • Thermochemical Processes (e.g., pyrolysis, gasification, torrefaction)
  • Biochemical Processes (e.g., fermentation, anaerobic digestion)
  • Biohydrogen and Synthetic Fuels
  • Process Integration and Biorefinery Concepts
  • Technology Scale-Up and Industrial Demonstrations Reactor and Catalyst Innovations
Track 3: Waste valorisation and circular economies
  • Organic Waste to Energy (food waste, sewage sludge)
  • Industrial Waste Streams and Byproduct Utilization
  • Waste-to-Biochar and Carbon Sequestration
  • Urban Waste Management and Decentralized Systems
Track 4: Policies and regulations
  • National and International Bioenergy Policies
  • Renewable Energy Directives and Sustainability Criteria
  • Incentives, Subsidies, and Carbon Pricing
  • Land-Use, Food vs Fuel, and Socio-Economic Impacts
  • Governance Challenges and Global Cooperation
Track 5: Sustainable transport fuels
  • Bioethanol, Biodiesel, and Biobutanol Development
  • Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs)
  • Advanced Marine Biofuels
  • Drop-in Fuels and Engine Compatibility
  • Emissions Reductions and Lifecycle Analysis
Track 6: Power Generation
  • Biomass-based CHP Systems
  • Biogas for Electricity Generation
  • Small-Scale and Off-grid Bioenergy Systems
  • Gasification for Power Applications
  • Techno-economic Evaluation and System Design
Conference Short Course

A methodology for calculating biomass residue’s theoretical, technical and economic potentials.

  • Fundamentals of hydrocarbon energy resources
  • Energy transition, solar and wind source variability and bioenergy.
  • World land availability for bioenergy
  • Residues availability and circular economy.
  • Global bioenergy potentials
  • Bioenergy potentials in Brazil.
  • Technological maturity (TRL) of biomass based generation technologies.
  • Multicriteria methods for the selection of biomass residues for bioenergy (AHP).
  • A methodology for technology selection in technical bioelectricity potential studies.
  • Residues logistics (harvesting and transport) and pretreatment.
  • Levelized cost of electricity and economic potential.
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